In 2003, one of Debbie's coworkers dreamed up Orchy, an unofficial mascot
for the Orchard Software Development
department. Made of an Orchard Software toy apple, pipe cleaners, and
a pair of googly eyes, he was content to sit on a shelf. When we visited
the Ice Hotel over the Christmas holiday in
2003, we decided to take Orchy along. Thus began Orchy's series of travels.
Since then, he's joined us for nearly every vacation, and tagged along
with several of Debbie's colleagues as well. He's even been kidnapped!
Countries visited (40): Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominica, England, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Poland, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City, plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
States visited (30): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, plus Washington DC.
March 2010: Orchy visits Salt Lake City, Utah
November 2009: Orchy visits Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire, and Maine
July 2009: Orchy visits Pennsylvania and Ohio
July 2009: Orchy visits Costa Rica and Nicaragua
February 2009: Orchy visits Charleston, South Carolina
February 2009: Orchy visits St. Augustine, Florida
January 2009: Orchy visits Antarctica
December 2008: Orchy visits Argentina
December 2008: Orchy visits Uruguay
September 2008: Orchy visits London, England
September 2008: Orchy visits Germany and Switzerland
July 2008: Orchy visits Puerto Rico, USVI, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, and St. Kitts
July 2008: Orchy visits Kentucky
June 2008: Orchy visits the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam
May 2008: Orchy visits Indianapolis, Indiana
November 2007: Orchy visits Toronto, Ontario
October 2007: Orchy visits Memphis, Tennessee
September 2007: Orchy visits Sedona, Arizona
July 2007: Orchy visits Hawaii
May 2007: Orchy visits Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, and Egypt
April 2007: Orchy visits China
December 2006: Orchy visits Bemidji, Minnesota
October 2006: Orchy visits Colorado
October 2006: Orchy rides Amtrak through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska
August 2006: Orchy visits Alaska
September 2006: Orchy visits Paris
July 2006: Orchy visits Mexico
July 2006: Orchy visits Alabama
July 2006, February 2010: Orchy visits Japan
May 2006: Orchy visits Chicago, Illinois
April 2006: Orchy visits Botswana, Africa
March 2006: Orchy visits New Zealand
January 2006: Orchy visits New York and New Jersey
January 2006: Orchy visits Philadelphia
December 2005: Orchy visits Miami and the Bahamas
November 2005: Orchy visits Rio de Janeiro
October 2005: Orchy visits San Francisco
June 2005: Orchy visits Scotland, Iceland, and Greenland
May 2005: Orchy visits Poland
March 2005: Orchy visits Northern California
March 2005: Orchy visits San Antonio and Austin, Texas
March 2005: Orchy visits Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California
December 2004: Orchy visits Washington and Oregon
October 2004: Orchy visits St. Louis for the World Series
October 2004: Orchy visits Hershey, Pennsylvania
October 2004: Orchy visits New Orleans
October 2004: Orchy visits Las Vegas
October 2004: Orchy visits Budapest, Hungary
July 2004: Orchy visits Montana and Alberta, Canada
July and August 2004: Orchy in U.S. Airports
July 2004: Orchy visits San Diego
July 2004: Orchy visits the Netherlands, Greece, France, Monaco, Spain, Italy, Croatia, and the Vatican
June 2004: Orchy visits Washington D.C.
March 2004: Orchy visits Los Angeles
March 2004: Orchy visits Florida
December 2003: Orchy visits the Ice Hotel in Sweden
